Grateful Dead - Fire On The Mountain

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long distance runner , what you standin there for?
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get up , get out , get out of the door
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your playin cold music on the barroom floor
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drowned in your laughter and dead to the core .
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there’s a dragon with matches that’s loose on the town
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takes a whole pail of water just to cool him down .

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fire! fire on the mountain!

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almost ablaze still you don’t feel the heat
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it takes all you got just to stay on the beat .
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you say it’s a livin , we all gotta eat
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but you’re here alone , there’s no one to compete .
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if mercys a busness , i wish it for you
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more than just ashes when your dreams come true .

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fire! fire on the mountain!

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long distance runner , what you holdin out for?
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caught in slow motion in a dash for the door .
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the flame from your stage has now spread to the floor
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you gave all you had . why you wanna give more?
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the more that you give , the more it will take
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to the thin line beyond which you really can’t fake .

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fire! fire on the mountain!